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Adler, Jacob H. – College English, 1973
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, English, Literary Criticism, Literature

Vesenyi, Paul E. – RQ, 1971
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Eighteenth Century Literature, Periodicals, Seventeenth Century Literature

Browne, Stephen H. – Communication Monographs, 1988
Analyzes Edmund Burke's "Letter to a Noble Lord," noting that it not only reflects Burke's character, but also represents a significant example of the public letter as a rhetorical form and illustrates Burke's concern for the alignment of principle with public action. (MM)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Letters (Correspondence), Political Attitudes, Rhetorical Criticism

Forno, Lawrence J. – French Review, 1973
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, Novels

Fricke, Donna G. – Journal of General Education, 1982
Provides a rationale for current scholarly studies of Jonathan Swift. Reviews the two distinct directions taken by modern authors writing about Swift: the traditional historical branch and the rhetorical and literary criticism branch. Considers evidence of and reasons for a revived interest in satire and anticipates areas of future study. (DMM)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Literary History, Literature Appreciation, Satire

Jensen, J. Vernon – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1977
Suggests that the family metaphor that was dominant in the rhetoric of both the colonists and the British government contributed to extreme polarization of positions of the British government in London and the British subjects in the thirteen North American Atlantic colonies. (MH)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, English Literature, Metaphors, Rhetoric

Irvine, James R. – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1995
Catalogues all of the 18th-century works on rhetoric from a microfilm bibliography published by the Speech Association of America Committee on Microfilm. Includes notations concerning each item's location on the microfilm reels. (TB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, Microfilm, Rhetoric
Aquilar Pinal, Francisco – Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 1972
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Change, Eighteenth Century Literature, Prose

Salm, Peter – German Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Characterization, Eighteenth Century Literature, Fiction, Formal Criticism
Fader, Daniel – Library Journal, 1971
One hundred and thirty-one British periodicals on general subjects published between the Restoration and the death of Queen Victoria are now made available through University Microfilms. (MF)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Library Materials, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century Literature
Vancil, David L. – Western Speech Communication, 1979
Explores the reliance of rhetoricians upon logic for the theoretical basis of argumentation in rhetoric. Summarizes the major changes suggested by Locke and Hume, and explores the impact of the new logic on rhetorical "topoi." (JMF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Eighteenth Century Literature, Historical Reviews, Logic

Steveni, Michael – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1981
The author briefly examines three 18th century texts in order to indicate a method of speculating not only about the field of art education, but also about its literature. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Principles, Eighteenth Century Literature, Historiography

Brinton, Alan – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1992
Characterizes the extent to which--and the ways in which--Hugh Blair's "Sermons" are pathetic or emotional, in light of criticisms that maintain his work is passionless. Examines the closely related matter of Blair's moral philosophy, in which the passions play an important role as subject matter. (TB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory

Pace, Antonio – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Eighteenth Century Literature, Italian Literature, Letters (Correspondence)

Morton, Brian N., Ed. – French Review, 1976
Two pieces by Beaumarchais--a poem against tyranny and a letter to the dramatist Collin d'Harleville--are cited in this article, which includes commentary by the editor. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, French Literature, Poetry, Political Attitudes